Laverne Cox: First Transgender Actress Nominated For Primetime Emmy

By
On Top Magazine Staff
Published:
July 10, 2014

You can add Emmy nominee to actress
Laverne Cox's growing list of achievements.

Cox, a transgender woman, plays a
transgender character on Netflix's hit comedy Orange is the New
Black.

Nominations for the 66th
Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Thursday morning.
Leading with the most nominations were HBO's Game of Thrones
(19) and FX's Fargo (18) and American Horror Story
(17).

Orange is the New Black received
12 nominations.

Taylor Schilling was nominated in the
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category, while Kate
Mulgrew was nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a
Comedy Series category.

Nominated in the Outstanding Guest
Actress in a Comedy Series category were Natasha Lyonne, Uzo Aduba
and Cox.

Cox is the first transgender actress to
be nominated for a Primetime Emmy.

“Today, countless transgender youth
will hear the message that they can be who they are and still achieve
their dreams – nothing is out of reach,” Ellis said in an emailed
statement. “Laverne's success on a hit series is a clear
indication that audiences are ready for more trans characters on
television.”